Del Polad asks Rep. Chris Stewart a question during a town hall meeting at Dixie High School on Wednesday. Stewart is hosting a series of town halls throughout Southern Utah.

Written by

Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart drew loud applause and the occasional jeer at a town hall in St. George Wednesday, winning over the mostly friendly audience with conservative takes on health care, defense and government overreach, but failing to appease some in the audience looking for help on a more local issue.

Stewart, the freshman congressman elected last year to represent Utah's newly redrawn 2nd District, spoke to a crowd of several hundred in the main auditorium at Dixie High School. He drew applause as he criticized President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and vowed to fight ...